Koca Popovic

Koca Popovic (14 March 1908-20 October 1992) was the Vice-President of Yugoslavia from 14 July 1966 to 1967, succeeding Aleksandar Rankovic. From 1953 to 1965 he was also the Foreign Minister, succeeding Edvard Kardelj and preceding Marko Nikezic.

Biography
Koca Popovic was born on 14 March 1908 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia to a family of Aromanians, and he spent World War I in Switzerland. He was involved with the illegal Communist Party of Yugoslavia and fought in the Spanish Civil War with the International Brigades, and at the start of World War II he was an officer in the Yugoslav People's Army. From 1948 to 1953 he served as Chief of the General Staff of the YPA and modernized the Yugoslav army during the Informbiro schism with the Soviet Union. From 1953 to 1965 he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Yugoslavia and then as Vice-President from 1966 to 1967, and he died in 1992.